Shandoor festival to start in Chitral from July 1

PESHAWAR:

Shandor Polo Festival will be held this year after a two years break due to Covid-19 pandemic. It will start on July 1.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash has ordered best arrangements for the festival.

He issued this instruction while presiding over a review meeting held at Civil Secretariat on Thursday regarding preparations for the festival.

The meeting was attended by administrative secretaries of home, tourism, information, communication and works departments and Director General KP Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) while commissioner Malakand, regional police officer, deputy commissioners and district police officers of Upper and Lower Chitral participated through video link.

DG KPCTA informed the meeting that Shandur Polo Festival would be held from July 1 to July 3 this year after a two-year break due to Covid-19 pandemic. He said that tent village was being set up around the world’s highest polo ground at an altitude of 12,600 feet, where boarding and lodging facilities would be provided to both foreign and domestic tourists.

He added that local cultures including music of Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan's performing art would be displayed besides setting up stalls.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 17^th, 2022.